Climate averages 1991–2020
Pemba weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Pemba: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montepuez (165 km away). In December its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Pemba, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Pemba ranks 9th of 22 for the warmest December highs and 14th of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 29.9°C; Pemba is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 166 mm to 252 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Pemba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 252 | 24.9 | 12.813 h |
| February | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 215 | 23.3 | 12.513 h |
| March | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 206 | 24.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 95 | 16.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 28.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 6.0 | 11.512 h |
| June | 27.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 10 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
| July | 26.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 9.4 | 2.9 | 11.411 h |
| August | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 11 | 4.2 | 11.712 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 11 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 18 | 5.2 | 12.412 h |
| November | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 42 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| December, selected | 30.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 166 | 20.0 | 12.913 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Montepuez in DecemberMozambique · 165 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 151 mm rain
- Nacala in DecemberMozambique · 178 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 114 mm rain
- Nampula in DecemberMozambique · 274 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Mtwara in DecemberTanzania · 303 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Masasi in DecemberTanzania · 313 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Moroni in DecemberComoros · 329 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Lindi in DecemberTanzania · 342 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 125 mm rain
- Angoche in DecemberMozambique · 368 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 108 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pemba) is explained once on the Pemba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.